I think we can all agree that Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is one of the bigger surprises of the movie-going year, and here it is in a Blu-Ray form, hopefully to aid and abet Andy Serkis' quest to be the first person to be nominated for an acting Oscar without ever appearing in the movie for which he gets the nomination. Will it happen? I doubt it, but regardless, we'll have ROTPOTA to fall back on if we want a hell of an entertaining film. Most of you have likely seen it, given the startling $480 million worldwide gross (more than Thor, Captain America, or X-Men: First Class managed), but if you haven't, it's definitely well worth a rental.
Anyway, here's the rest of the stuff that's coming out on DVD and/or Blu-Ray. Any must-haves for you?
 | 1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes If you had told me at the beginning of the summer that this would make more money than Kung Fu Panda 2, I would've laughed at you, but damn if it didn't. I guess America voted for its favorite simian the old-fashioned way: with money. Also, you should see this movie because it's good. |
 | 2. Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom The other big ape movie of the summer was just kind of OK. Visually it was often lush, but damn if I just can't find anything to like about Jack Black's voice anymore. See this movie if you want, but don't be surprised if you just kind of say "yeah, that's alright" at the end of it. |
 | 3. Fright Night I actually liked this a lot more than I thought I would, and I recommend that you take some time out of your busy schedule and check it out for yourself. It might not be the best vampire film to ever arrive, but it's a more than competent action comedy with a great performance by Colin Farrell. |
 | 4. RA. One Bollywood! |
 | 5. Circumstance Although set in Iran, this look at Iranian youth culture was actually filmed in Lebanon. I don't know why that's relevant to anything, but hey, them's the facts. |
 | 6. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 For some reason, a bunch of Swedes took a bunch of footage of the Black Power movement, and it was just recently cut together into a documentary. And now's your chance to watch it! |
 | 7. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame As over wire-fu as I am, this looks like a fun little movie. We'll find out...together. |
 | 8. Transformers In older films and box sets, we have the Transformers Trilogy box set, The Rocketeer: 20th Anniversary, The Expendables: Extended Director's Cut, Branded To Kill, Tokyo Drifter, Seven Chances, Meet Me In St. Louis, and City of God arriving in Blu-Ray. |
 | 9. Family Guy Not many TV DVDs coming out this week, but if you like, feel free to buy Family Guy, Vol. 9, or Switched At Birth: Volume 1 |
Two great movies from Criterion from Japan - now on Blu-Ray:
Branded to Kill (1967)
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
A great movie from Brazil, new on Blu:
City of God (2002)
This one does NOT get enough love. Fun! On Blu-Ray today:
The Rocketeer (1991)
Musical! I love me a good musical:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Hey, I liked this one:
Heavenly Creatures: The Uncut Version (1994)
Trust me, I know what I'm doing!:
Sledge Hammer! The Complete Series (1986)
@OldGuy: Ahhhhhh, Tokyo Drifter on Criterion blu-ray... MINE!
I had the tv on in the living room last week while I was in my bedroom (because I am lazy) and overheard half of an ad for the Kung Fu Panda 2 DVD/BD. I didn't catch the title and then I wracked my brain for like fifteen minutes trying to remember an animated film with Jack Black in it. Clearly, it was quite memorable.
The only negative about ROTPOTA is that now Fox is probably going to remake ever 'Apes' film ever made. Hopefully they keep Tim Burton as far away as possible.
@snake_runner: I'm fine with them remaking the other planet of the apes movies as long as they do them well. I'm a fan of the old ones, but some of them can drag in a few places.
I want rise of the Planet of the Apes on blu-ray.
@snake_runner said:
Holy crap! Even Dunston checks in?
The Rocketeer is coming to Blu-Ray? That's awesome!
Ra.One is out? Sweet. I'm totally up for that. I saw Robot/Endhiran, and it was a shock. I expected a crazy and fun movie, but not one about 4 hours long! Bollywood is crazy, but at least I'm prepared for that crazy now! And also, Endhiran's Chitti is supposed to make a cameo in this film? Which would be the Tamil equivalent of Robocop walking into Terminator 2 to blow up the T-1000 and give Arnold a high five, and then leaving for no reason:) INSANITY! But fun insanity all the same.
Didn't get a chance to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes in theaters and am going to pick it up as a blind buy on Blu-Ray.
Does the Expendables extended cut have more action scenes? Or is more "Jason Statham is concerned about Charisma Carpenter's new boyfriend" crap?